University of South Florida team conducts trial for HIV vaccine
...igh risk for HIV infection. "Of all the potential vaccines studied over the last 20 years, this is one of the...ing antibodies to prevent infection. However, most vaccines designed to stimulate production of antibodies against HIV have not worked well because the cryptic ...Cell Genesys reports long term survival data in Phase II trial of GVAX prostate cancer vaccine
...he bodys immune response to vaccines. GVAX cancer vaccines have demonstrated antitumor effects against every ...valuating non patient-specific, off-the-shelf GVAX vaccines for prostate cancer and pancreatic cancer and patient-specific, individualized vaccines for lung can...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology: June 2002
...d P. Anderson. 2002. Oral vaccination with subunit vaccines protects animals against aerosol infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Infection and Immunity, 70: 3111-3121.)...Stanford study finds potential shingles prevention in a childhood vaccine
... people from developing the disease and that other vaccines might be a good way to protect transplant recipients against viruses and bacteria. "We knew that these patients were at very high risk for zoster," said Ann Arvin, chief of pediatric infectious disease at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. "We thoug...Making the most of lymphopenia
... to battle cancerhit the immune system with cancer vaccines or cancer cells when it's down and it will bounce back swinging harder than ever against those cancer cells. The technique involves administering an injection of fresh immune cells to replace the ones that die immediately after chemotherapy or irradi...Los Alamos researchers recommend AIDS vaccine strategies
...virus when developing vaccines, rather than basing vaccines on geographically specific strains of the virus. "...om the Subtype C of the HIV-1 virus as a basis for vaccines in regions where the C subtype is most prevalent. Alternatively, they considered using a "vaccine co...Viruses help strep bacteria turn deadly
...ution and identifies several potential targets for vaccines or drugs to prevent or treat some severe infections. Group A Streptococcus (GAS) bacteria are common microbes that cause many different diseases, including strep throat, wound infections, toxic shock, "flesh-eating" disease, scarlet fever, rheumatic ...Genetic studies shed light on the malaria parasite's origins and drug resistance
...ve thought. The new information suggests creating vaccines to control the deadly disease poses a greater chal...arasite to evolve resistance to multiple drugs and vaccines in the future," says Dr. Su....New technologies to battle little known, widespread cattle disease
...she said. The knowledge could lead to new drugs or vaccines to treat and prevent Johne's disease and possibly even related diseases, such as Crohn's. Johne's disease can be spread to animals from infected feed, water and colostrums, and females with high infection can spread it in utero to fetuses. Most anima...Sweet success on the way to vaccine for ulcers, stomach cancer, reported in Science
...l" of adhesin proteins, since a common obstacle to vaccines is that they aren't specific enough to be effective, Born explained. Born and other researchers had previously identified another adhesin protein, called "BabA," on H. pylori 's surface, that binds to the sugar molecule "Leb." To investigate whethe......c Institute for Policy Studies. He looked at which vaccines were used where, and with what success, during the...radication programmes of the 1960s and 1970s. Two vaccines were used widely during this time. One was developed by the Lister Institute in Britain, the other b...Cause of hepatitis A virulence pinpointed
...reased need for inexpensive and easy-to-administer vaccines to prevent hepatitis A, which is transmitted through contaminated food and water," notes Dr. Emerson. HAV is so common in developing countries that almost everyone is infected during childhood (often without becoming noticeably ill) and thereafter is...Bacterial alterations source of persistent COPD lung infections
...e immune response to bacteria and possibly develop vaccines that keep pace with the changing strains," said Murphy. There are 50 patients actively involved in this ongoing study, and enrollment continues. VA's Medical Research Service, will support the project through 2004....New approach to malaria vaccine effective in mice
...larial drugs, chloroquine and mefloquine. Although vaccines have been suggested as an alternative to drug ther...d his colleagues will create a variety of anti-GPI vaccines and test them in other animal models of malaria. "This paper represents only a proof of principle," ...Flare-ups of chronic lung disease associated with specific bacterial strains, UB researchers find
...This information should lead to the development of vaccines to prevent colonization by the offending strains. It also provides a better understanding of what the bacteria are doing, which allows us to modulate the patient's immune response to the bacteria." The findings are based on a total of 1,975 clinic v...Compound from yeast shows promise in protecting against anthrax
...tically with existing anthrax therapies, including vaccines and antibiotics and antibodies to the anthrax toxin, he added....UT Southwestern researchers develop vaccine against deadly bioterrorism toxin ricin
...s of ricin A chain, two of which were effective as vaccines in mice. Vitetta said E. coli bacteria are used to...d safe. The researchers believe one or both of the vaccines would be safe and effective in humans. Vitetta said tests against airborne ricin will be initiated a...Microscience to license vaccine delivery technology
...oprietary oral delivery system as vehicles for DNA vaccines was raised by a recent report of positive immune r...la and Shigella, as oral delivery vehicles for DNA vaccines and the development of conformationally constrained HIV-1 env immunogens that elicit broadly neutral...Vaccine prevents stroke in rats
...to test the effects of human and bovine E-selectin vaccines in people at high risk for stroke. That trial will study whether the vaccines are safe to use in people and what the side effects may be. The bovine E-selectin will be tested in......pathogens." At the moment, there are no acceptable vaccines to immunize humans against B. suis, which is seldom fatal to people but can cause a severe long-term debilitating illness. Persons contract the disease through contact with the tissues of infected animals, by eating contaminated foods, or by inhaling...